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Why is this a link to another Reddit/HN looking site than the article itself?
by drwl 8y ago
Why is this a link to another Reddit/HN looking site than the article itself?
- marvindanig 8y agoI run that site: it’s focused on books—a hacker news of books sorts. Of course HN is a much bigger assembly...
- yesenadam 8y agoI had a look..nice! I missed mention of its launch on here, about a month ago? Good luck with that!
- marvindanig 8y agoThank you!
- mmanfrin 8y agoOriginal question still stands, why is that the url linked and not the actual article? The fact that you run the site makes it worse, as this is blatant self promotion masquerading as a real post.
- marvindanig 8y agoThe discussion on this thread started due to the discussion on the link that is shared. I could have added this fact on my response earlier, but I thought it was obvious.
- prostoalex 8y agoIf I had to guess, it has to do with the WSJ paywall, as the original article received no upvotes https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18957737 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18957737